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(11) EP 3 310 538 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
25.04.2018 Bulletin 2018/17

(21) Application number: 16815111.6

(22) Date of filing: 20.06.2016
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
B25J 9/16(2006.01)
A61H 3/00(2006.01)
 A61B 5/103(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2016/038370
(87) International publication number:
WO 2016/209770 (29.12.2016 Gazette 2016/52)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 22.06.2015 US 201562182779 P

(71) Applicants:
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Baltimore, MD 21201 (US)
  • The United States of America as Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
    Washington, District of Columbia 20420 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • ROY, Anindo
    Baltimore, Maryland 21201 (US)
  • MACKO, Richard F.
    Ellicott City, Maryland 21042 (US)

(74) Representative: Chapman, Paul Gilmour 
Marks & Clerk LLP Atholl Exchange 6 Canning Street
Edinburgh EH3 8EG
Edinburgh EH3 8EG (GB)

   


(54) METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ECONOMICAL, PORTABLE DEFICIT-ADJUSTED ADAPTIVE ASSISTANCE DURING MOVEMENT PHASES OF AN IMPAIRED ANKLE